This is a scary storm

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At least DeSantis knows enough to stop lying for a few minutes of his presser!!




Gov. DeSantis: We submitted requests to utilize programs from the federal government for disaster relief. They gave us what we asked for

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will immediately start claiming that Biden and FEMA are doing virtually nothing.

The Governor has to play it cool to get whatever help the Biden Administration can give, limited by the GOP shorting the FEMA budget and punting on expanding it with an emergency resolution. Right wing media will be claiming the same B$ as they are about NC.

He's not going to help Trump right now.

I have some relatives in that area. We used to go down there every year but since my grandma died I haven’t been down there. But I know that area has been booming for years.

a year ago, he is bolting everything down.

Maximum sustained winds at 160mph

...MILTON RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE...

Data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that Milton has strengthened to a category 5 hurricane. The maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 160 mph (250 km/h) with higher gusts. Data from the aircraft also indicate that the minimum pressure has fallen to 925 mb (27.31 inches).

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3P4mdXH6IXQi4wYkKH94XlQgTY4NrgDEuGlUSSUZmalq5sdOOvaZJVtBA_aem_5wmbmaS83dPuuplwuRZ-Tw#Milton

but not with this link.

ETA - I just saw they did their "update" in their "Live Updates" section (which won't fly here in LBN).

And that thing isn't going anywhere. It's just sitting there growing and growing.
The tip of the Yucatan probably hasn't been much fun the past few days.

My hearts go out to the people in Florida.

https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/#view=22.48,-85.16,5.68z

But I'll pay the same price as people who did.

As a blue dot in a red state...I feel this.

Leased it out seasonally. That was not worth the trouble.
Then 2 years after we moved into a new townhome we had to build, husband asked me if I wanted to move to FLA. What? NO!! Not ready for same year round weather with no 4 seasons. Who knew my stance would prove to be providential in the future. Not to say I'm profoundly troubled by what's going to transpire down there. We have former friends n church sisters n brothers right there in the exact location.

God hates Florida!

… to a Category 2 or 3 before the eye reaches the gulf coast of FL. Still will be plenty damaging and bring tons of rain, though.

Maybe, Joe Biden can throw out rolls of paper towels to the people of Florida just like the Turd did to the people of Puerto Rico? Maybe, Kamala Harris can take out a black Sharpie pen and divert Hurricane Milton on a map just like the Turd did? Of course, the only real Republican Nazi Party solution is to offer massive "tax breaks" to Florida's millionaires and billionaires so that they and other Republican Oligarchs, once they receive those "tax cuts," will be able to generously "help" the victims of Hurricane Milton and when the "economic benefits" of all those Republican "tax breaks" trickles down to the victims -- everyone will be able to rebuild their lives without the government's intervention through FEMA. Only a radical Marxist, Communist like Komrade Kamala would quarrel with "tax breaks" capitalism for the entitled and deserving rich!